Michael Baker holds both a Bachelor’s and Master’s Degree from The Juilliard School where he studied with Philip Smith, Mark Gould and Edward Treutel. He is a busy freelance musician within the New York and New Jersey area, playing with the New York Philharmonic, the Metropolitan Opera, and the Garden State Philharmonic. Michael is currently the 2nd/Associate principal trumpet of the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra. He has also played several shows on Broadway, including Nine, Billy Elliot, Mary Poppins, My Fair Lady, and An American in Paris to name a few. Michael has also toured with the Royal Winnipeg Ballet, the Mariinsky Orchestra and the Israel Philharmonic. He is also a member of the prestigious Brass Band of Battle Creek. Michael has toured America, Japan, Australia, the UK, Canada, Norway, Sweden, and Korea as a trumpet and cornet soloist. In 2014, he was a guest soloist at the International Trumpet Guild Conference. Michael teaches Trumpet at William Paterson University in New Jersey.